So, I got a call this morning from a girl I know. She's 23, and another completely messed up, frustrated, lonely, and emotionally confused basket case, which sadly, is just about every 20 something year old girls I know!! What is the deal--REALLY?? I'm thinking back, and wondering what it was about the 80's and 90's that produced so many messed up young girls? Obviously, I grew up in a different time, so there are generational differences, but I don't remember the girls I knew in my 20s as being so screwed up!!
Things I've noticed. They are all OCD to one degree, or another, and I suspect Bi-Polar. I was involved with a 27 year old girl for two years that was Type II Bi-Polar, so I know the signs and symptoms. There are degress of severity, when it comes to being Bi-Polar, so the symptoms will manifest differently, but the basic signs are pretty easy to spot, once you know what you're looking at, and it's virtually a universal thing. Every 20 something year old girl I know, and they are legion, exhibits signs and symptoms of being Bi-Polar.
I wonder, is it just a regional thing? Is it just girls from our area? It's like they can't recognized the connection between their actions and the consequences of their actions. They have no real sense of priorities. They can't understand and distinguish what's important from what's not? These are things that they should have learned from their parents, so is that a factor? Was it actually a failure by the adults from my generation that has produced so many emotionally confused young girls?
If you look at things that influence young people in their formative years, like music and movies, it could be a contributing factor. I say that, but one of the things that truly amazes me is how many young people I know that have a really amazing interest and appreciation of the music I grew up listening to. What does that tell us? It's like they had the music from their generations, but it was somehow lacking, so they reach back to another time when music was in some way more fulfilling? And WHY Not? Look at the super groups from my generation that are still active and working in the industry today. Artist such as Chicago, The Stones, Bowie, The Eagles, Aerosmith, ZZ Top, and Rush--just to name a few. All are still making music and selling out concerts 30 years after they got started. What bands from the 80s and 90s are still out there today working and performing at that level?
I grew up in the 60s and 70s when the entire country was in turmoil. We had drugs, free love, lots of sex, Viet-Nam, civil rights upheaval, protest of everything you can imagine. Gays were coming out and becoming more vocal for acceptance. The schools were being racially intergrated, women's rights were forcing changes in the home and work place. Things that people don't even think about today, were all BIG issues in my youth, but I didn't freak the fuck out about it!!
I don't have the answer, only endless questions, and that concerns me for the future.
Things I've noticed. They are all OCD to one degree, or another, and I suspect Bi-Polar. I was involved with a 27 year old girl for two years that was Type II Bi-Polar, so I know the signs and symptoms. There are degress of severity, when it comes to being Bi-Polar, so the symptoms will manifest differently, but the basic signs are pretty easy to spot, once you know what you're looking at, and it's virtually a universal thing. Every 20 something year old girl I know, and they are legion, exhibits signs and symptoms of being Bi-Polar.
I wonder, is it just a regional thing? Is it just girls from our area? It's like they can't recognized the connection between their actions and the consequences of their actions. They have no real sense of priorities. They can't understand and distinguish what's important from what's not? These are things that they should have learned from their parents, so is that a factor? Was it actually a failure by the adults from my generation that has produced so many emotionally confused young girls?
If you look at things that influence young people in their formative years, like music and movies, it could be a contributing factor. I say that, but one of the things that truly amazes me is how many young people I know that have a really amazing interest and appreciation of the music I grew up listening to. What does that tell us? It's like they had the music from their generations, but it was somehow lacking, so they reach back to another time when music was in some way more fulfilling? And WHY Not? Look at the super groups from my generation that are still active and working in the industry today. Artist such as Chicago, The Stones, Bowie, The Eagles, Aerosmith, ZZ Top, and Rush--just to name a few. All are still making music and selling out concerts 30 years after they got started. What bands from the 80s and 90s are still out there today working and performing at that level?
I grew up in the 60s and 70s when the entire country was in turmoil. We had drugs, free love, lots of sex, Viet-Nam, civil rights upheaval, protest of everything you can imagine. Gays were coming out and becoming more vocal for acceptance. The schools were being racially intergrated, women's rights were forcing changes in the home and work place. Things that people don't even think about today, were all BIG issues in my youth, but I didn't freak the fuck out about it!!
I don't have the answer, only endless questions, and that concerns me for the future.
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yvelle:
Well, aren't you Mr. Fucking Friendly?
gabi:
Thank you for the comment on my set! 
